Elam’s slow catches

James Elam appears to be taking his time with all his catches. I'm talking like 5 to 10 minutes. He's doing quite well today, so I'm not judging. We appreciate...

DeFoe with 10 pounds

We're with Ott DeFoe in the Strawberry Islands area. No other anglers in sight. And DeFoe just landed his third keeper. We believe that gives him 10 pounds so far. He started...

Ike not playing conservative

Mike Iaconelli caught a 4 1/2-pounder at 8:20 and a 3-pounder at 8:42 this morning, giving him two good fish in the livewell early on Day 3. That was the...

Faircloth just made the Classic

Todd Faircloth just caught his third keeper of the morning. My boat mate Steve Bowman believes that fish put Faircloth into the Classic. "I think that did it," said Faircloth....

Davis moving off the bubble?

After Day 2 of the Toyota AOY Championship, Mark Davis sat in 38th place in the AOY leaderboard. He needs to have a good day today to make the 2016 Classic.  ...

Two different states of mind

Morizo Shimizu is not in a happy mood today as he goes from bridge to bridge hoping for some sort of miracle that gets him back to the Classic. I...

Elam with a stealthy catch

James Elam finds a good fish, but didn't feel like showing it to us. Elam is in pretty good position to fish the Classic, and with fish like that he...

KVD: weights should go up today

We just caught up with Kevin VanDam who is fishing on the edge of Ephraim Bay, north of Sturgeon Bay. He speculated that weights should go up today. "The sun is out,...

Early start for Brett Hite

We are not far from takeoff, and Brett Hite is putting on a show. Hite has caught 3. Here's a look at a good one, number 2. As I type...

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